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Some Comments on Criterion-Referenced and Norm-Referenced Achievement Tests.

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Mehrens, William A.; Ebel, Robert L. – NCME Measurement in Education, 1979

The discussion on criterion-referenced (CRT) and norm-referenced achievement tests (NRT) is divided into two parts: definitions and use. The authors contrast CRTs, tests which compare an individual's performance to some specified behavioral criterion of proficiency, and NRTs, tests which compare an individual's score to scores of others. They also…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Definitions, Mastery Tests

Testing Programs in Schools: What's New? A Special Issue.

Walter, L. James; And Others – Catalyst, The Journal of the Nebraska Council of School Administrators, 1981

This special issue of "Catalyst", entitled Testing Programs in Schools: What's New?, was published jointly by the Nebraska Council of School Administrators and the Nebraska Association for Supervision and Curriculum. The articles emphasize desirability of designing testing programs to meet the information needs of educators and the…

Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Information Utilization, Latent Trait Theory, Program Improvement